Wagon



F. A. BORT.

WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12. 1918.

1 ,307, 1 09. Patented June 17, 1919.

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F. A. BORT.

WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-12.1916.

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ms mmms PETERS c0. PHOlwL/YHQ. WASHINGTON l Nl' srarns FRED A. BORT, OF HOPKINTON, IOWA.

WAGON.

Application filed August 12, 1918. Serial No. 249,390.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. 130121, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hopkinton, in, the county of Delaware and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wagons, and the object of my improvements is to provide improved connections and mountings for the end-gate of a wagonbox, such as will permit the end-gate to be supported equally well in either a closed or in an extended position, or in a situation or position relative to the wagon-box where it clears the open end thereof, and subserves other and desired purposes relative to said box.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rear end only of a wagon-box, showing an end-gate therefor in its extended position, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same parts in the same position; Fig. 3is a side elevation of the rear part only of said wagon-box, showing the end-gate removed from the open rear end of the box and mounted horizontally upon the top of the box transversely and detachably secured thereto by my improved resilient securing-means, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same parts in the same position; Fig. 5 is'a perspective detail view of the two coacting elements of my improved securing-means for mounting the end-gate upon the top of thewagon-box in the position shown in said Figs. '3 and 4c, and Fig. 6 is a perspective detail View of the element of said securing-means which is mounted upon the end-gate.

In said drawings, similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views. 1

I have illustrated a wagon-box as demounted from its running-gear, and made up of a bottom 1, superposed side-plates 2 and 3, and a front removable end-gate mounted in guides on said side-plates. A plurality of sockets 4: are mounted on the outside of the plates 2 to receive the diminished lower ends of the stakes 5 on the superposed plate 3, removalbly. At the rear of the bottom 1. are fixed the transverse bars 7 and S to prev ject at each end beyond the bottom, for a purpose to be described, each end of the bar 7 being notched rectangularly at 6.

-The numeral9 denotes inverted U-shaped clips used to secure the side-plates 2 upon the bar 7. M

For the open rear end of said wagon-box I have provided the improved end-gate 10 having the inclined side flanges 11, the latter notched at 12 at their lower ends to provide engaging-means to coact with the notched parts 6*of the ends of the transverse bar 7 in a certain position, as when closed, of the end-gate.

Across the backof said end-gate are fixed reinforcing bars 13 near the upper and lower ends thereof, and a flat metal cross-plate 1% is mounted across the back of the end gate and orificed at two places rectangularly at 15 in registration with like orifices in the gate, both orifices having the common numeral 1-5. On the back of the end-gate are also fixed two transversely spaced verticallydisposed bars 23 having offset arms or brackets spaced from the end-gate and parallel therewith for a purpose to be described.

Upon the outside of each side-plate 3 near its top is secured a plate 19 having an end projecting rear wardly from the rear end of the plate and orificed at 20 to receive one hook 17 of an arm 16, detachably. The other ends of the arms 16 are passed rear- Wardly through the orifices 15 of said end gate, the free ends of said arms having rings 18 or other engaging=means or steps for preventing escape of the arms from said orifices 15, and to engage the rear of the gate to limit its extension from the wagon-box.

In Fig. 1 is shown the extended position of the end-gate, wherein it is supported in a slightly inclined position on the end-stops 18 of the arms 16, but it is obvious that the arms may be of a different length whereby the end-gate may be extended to be positioned at a difi'erent angle or to extend horizontally rearwardly from said box.

As best shown in said Figs. 3 and at, when the end-gate 10 is closed upon the rear end of the wagon-box, the rearwardly-extending ends of the bars 19 pass through the orifices 15, so that the arms 16 may be swung toward and across each other to have their end-parts received between the offset parts 24. oi? the bars 23 and the oi the ends ing describedmeans.

gate, where gravity and their engagement with the brackets 24 prevent their displacement by ordinary shocks of transit.

The end-gate is thus secured. in its closed position, but there are times when it is desira-ble that the end-gate be demounted from the rear end of the wagon-box, to permit of unloading certain objects more conveniently,

or of carrying in the box objects longer than the box to extend rearwardly therefrom. Then it also becomes desirable that some inexpensive andeflective means be provided to detachably secure the end-gate out of the way as on the top of the box.

This desirable end I attain by the follow- Said bars 19have at their forward ends integral outwardly bent parts 26, extending outwardly at a right angle in each instance, said bar being then bent reversely to provide a short straight part 21 parallel with the main part 19, and termi nating with an outwardly concavedpart 22. Upon the inner wall-of each flange 1 1 ofthe end-gate is fixed an engaging-bracket bar 25 having an offset depending part 27 terminating in an outwardly-directed curved tip 28. Both the plates 19 and 25, while sufliciently rigid, areyet somewhat yielding and resilient because of their forms, and thus adapted to be coengaged as well as detached from each other, by reason of their resiliencies in the actions of engaging and separating them. When engaged, the'two parts'described assume the positionsshown in'said Fig. 5, and in said Figs. 3 and 4 is shown the position of the end-gate 1O when'mo'unt ed removably upon thenpp'er part of the wagon-box at its rear end and securedthere to by means of said improved securing means. The said means are secured detachably together by simply springing both ele.- ments enough to permit their engagingeach other after sliding past each other, in which engaged position the curved, terminals 22 and 28 respectively of said coengaging ele ments are locked together by the reaction of, each. The elements ar'e sprung' apart to .separate them from each other," when desired to demount the end-gate from its said Copies of this patent may be obtained for elevated position. The end-gate when so mounted across the top of the wagon-box is not only out of the Way, but affords a cover for stock or goods placed in that end of the box.

The connections for said end-gate shown may be considerably varied in form, dimensions and other construction, Without departing from the invention or the scope of its protection.

Having described my invention, what I claim. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination, a wagon-box having an open end, a closure for-the open end of saidgbox, a resilient open clip thereon, and a resilient open cliplon the wagon-box having engaging-means, said clips coacting when engaged and held together by their engag-' ing-means to secure the closure removably upon the wagonabox.

2. 'In combination, a wagon-box having an open end, aclosure therefor having" sideflanges, like clips onthe "inside Walls of said flanges, and like resilient clips on the outside wallsof the wagon-box, the latter clips receiving the former clips in separable engagement to' support' said closure uponsaid wagon-box.

3. In combination, a wagonbox having an open end, a closure therefor, resilient open clips thereon, resilient open clips on the wagon-box receiving the former'clips in sep arable engagement to support the closure in an' inverted position upon the wagonbox, said closure havlng openings, the latter clips haying terminal parts adapted to traverse said openings wlienthe closureis ina closed position upon the wagon-box, engaging: means upon; the rear of the closure, and elements pivoted to the said, terminal parts adapted for detachable engagement With saidengaging-means.

Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' m FREDAJBORT. lVitnesses: J R TH O. CA VERT,

Lucy E. 'Am'lvian.

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